CVE-2018-10916
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.75%
Description
It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.
How to fix CVE-2018-10916
To remediate CVE-2018-10916, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.8.4-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4.8.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-10916 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.8.4-r0
- from 0, < 4.8.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |